Population/Demographics

Japan’s Toyama city accused of inflating census numbers as country’s population shrinks

The police are probing how some 3,000 non-existent residents were added to official data for Toyama.

Active social media use linked to loneliness among seniors: South Korean study

Social comparison, fear of missing out and the displacement of offline interactions are possible mechanisms linking problematic social media engagement with loneliness.

Palestinians from Gaza rebuild in Mexico City through food

Mohammed Abed, 36, a Palestinian systems engineer who arrived in Mexico in 2025 with 17 family members after losing his daughter in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, sells Palestinian food at an open-air market in the Condesa neighbourhood of Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2026. REUTERS/Fred Ramos

South Korea’s centenarian population grows over 30% in 4 years

Women outnumber men roughly 5 to 1 among the country’s centenarians.

Japan hikes residency fees for foreign nationals

The change comes following a revision to Japan’s immigration and refugee law enacted in May.

Russia draws up measures to control bear population after spate of deadly attacks

Buyan, a 15-year-old male Siberian brown bear, looks out from a pool inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

French presidential candidate Philippe pitches later retirement, mandatory savings

FILE PHOTO: Edouard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre and leader of French political party Horizons (HOR) arrives for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron about the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine and their consequences for France's security and energy supplies, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 18, 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

China’s cities want young people. What do the young want?

China is facing a demographic crisis, with its population falling by 3.39 million in 2025, when just 7.92 million babies were born.

Italy decree limiting foreign pupils in classrooms could have near-zero impact

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivers a statement at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, Italy, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

Category 4 Hurricane Polo threatens Mexico’s coast, landfall expected Monday

A drone view shows a flooded area affected by elevated tides caused by Hurricane Polo in San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico, September 26, 2026. REUTERS/Christian Ruano

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